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Adelaide River War Cemetery - NT

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Adelaide River War Cemetery

Cemetery,Grave Site

Position

DEG: -13.23125 131.114502

DMS: 13º 13' 52.5" S 131º 06' 52.21" E

UTM: 52 L 8536323mN 729132mE

Altitude: 56.73m

Place Type

Heritage - Cemetery,Grave Site

Location

90.79kms South of Darwin - Driving 114 km (1 tim 21 min)

Address & Contact

31 Memorial Terrace
Adelaide River NT 0846

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

The war cemetery was taken over the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) in 1947. The Adelaide River War Cemetery was entered on the Register of the National Estate in 1984 and is also listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register and Commonwealth Heritage Register.
A total of 434 war graves marked by bronze plaques are contained in this cemetery. The burials are made up of 14 airmen of the RAF, 12 unidentified men of the British Merchant Navy; one soldier of the Canadian Army; 18 sailors, 181 soldiers and 201 airmen of the Australian Forces and seven men of the Australian Merchant Navy. The Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing honours a further 292 Servicemen and women lost to the north of Australia. The adjacent civil section contains the graves of the nine Post Office staff killed on 19 February 1942 during the bombing of Darwin, one of 63 separate occasions from that date. The civilian casualties of WW2 include those of 31 Indigenous Australians.
Website: http://www.adelaideriverwargraves.com/

PlaceID	25829

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Batchelor at 02/10:30am CST

Distance from Adelaide River War Cemetery 21.89km NW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
27.3°C	25.2°C	51%	16.3°C	1013.3hPa	0.0mm	ESE	22km/hr 12knots	30km/hr 16knots

Closest Climatic Station

Batchelor Aero

Distance from Adelaide River War Cemetery 21.89km NW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	32.7	32.2	32.8	33.7	32.7	31.2	31.8	33.3	36.0	36.8	35.3	33.8
Mean Min. °C	24.0	23.8	23.4	21.6	18.8	16.5	16.3	17.0	20.6	23.0	23.9	24.1
Mean Rain mm	306.7	360.7	258.9	101.8	24.6	0.5	0.2	2.8	6.6	68.5	133.9	268.0